如何做定性研究 qualitative research

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1、QualitativeResearch13thofMarchQualitativeResearch“Youcanlearnalotjustbywatching”MAKINGSENSEOFOTHERS’REALITYTHEINTERPRETIVEPARADIGMTheinterpretiveapproacharguesthatresearchshouldexplore“…sociallymeaningfulactionthroughthedirectdetailedobservationofpeoplein

2、naturalsettingsinordertoarriveatunderstandingsandinterpretationsofhowpeoplecreateandmaintaintheirsocialworlds”(Neuman,1997:68).Weuse“…methodsthattrytodescribeandinterpretpeople’sfeelingsandexperiencesinhumantermsratherthanthroughquantificationandmeasureme

3、nt”(TerreBlanche&Kelly,1999:123).WhattoObserveorStudyBehaviorsorpracticesEpisodes,commonevents(death,birth,etc.)Encounters–whengroupsorpeopleinteractRolesRelationshiproles–mother/daughter;wife/husband,Therapist/disabled,…etc.QualitativeResearchGoalsMeanin

4、g:howpeopleseetheworldContext:theworldinwhichpeopleactProcess:whatactionsandactivitiespeopledoReasoning:whypeopleactandbehavethewaytheydoMaxwell,2005PhasesinQualitativeResearchConceptualizeandplanstudyUseliterature,formulatestudypurposeorquestion,identif

5、ystudysite,settingswhere/howdatacollectionwilloccur,participantsandentréetosettingStartstudywithconcurrentdatacollectionandanalysis.Analysisfocusedonidentifyingthemesandcategories--similaritiesindata.Questionorpurposemayemergeandberefined.Datacollectionst

6、rategiesmaychangeSamplinganddatacollectiondeterminedbytheoreticalsaturation.AnalysisbasedonnarrativedescriptionGoal:Accesstheparticipantsworld&meanings.ResearcheristheinstrumentSelectingparticipants...Thegoalistogetthedeepestpossibleunderstandingofthesett

7、ingbeingstudiedRequiresidentifyingparticipantswhocanprovideinformationabouttheparticulartopicandsettingbeingstudiedSelectingparticipants...Itisfraughtwithdifficultiesinidentifyingandselectinganappropriatenumberofparticipantswhocanprovideusefulinformationa

8、bouttheparticulartopicandsettingbeingstudiedUtilizespurposivesamplingRandom“Quantitative”SamplingSelectRepresentativeindividualsTogeneralizefromsampletopopulationTomakeclaimsaboutthepopulationTobuild/test“theories”t